UCA BUSHING REMOVAL/BALL JOINT BOOT QUESTION

I got my bushings out and in using a piece of 1/2" x 13 threaded rod long enough to pass through both bushings plus a few inches, two 1/2" x 13 nuts and some heavy washers that were larger that the diameter od the bushings. To remove, I placed nuts well inside the bushings on both sides of the CA and placed the large, heavy washers against the bushings. Then (after soaking the metal part of the bushing with some penetrant), I slowly turned the nuts towards the bushings. They slowly came out quite easily. I sucked the new ones into the CA with the reverse process. Worked great and the supplies only cost a few dollars.

I was trying the exact same hardware but when things got tight and the "inside" nut pulled inside the bushing housing and the all thread started to spin. I didn't want to vice onto the all thread so I went to trying other hardware combinations.